砂糖は食品として重要であるが、それを常食とはできない。

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English Translation

Important as sugar is as article of food, we cannot live on it.

Furigana

砂糖(さとう)は食品(しょくひん)として重要(じゅうよう)であるが、それを常食(じょうしょく)とはできない。

Romanji

Satō wa shokuhin toshite jūyō de aru ga, sore o jōshoku to wa dekinai.

Words

砂糖 (さとう)

sugar

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

食品 (しょくひん)

food; food products; foodstuffs

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

常食 (じょうしょく)

daily food; regular diet; staple food

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant